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Šuoššjávri Chapel

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Šuoššjávri Chapel (Northern Sami: Šuoššjávrri kapealla, Norwegian: Suosjavrre kapell) is a chapel of the Church of Norway in Karasjok Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. It is located in the village of Šuoššjávri. It is an annex chapel for the Karasjok parish which is part of the Indre Finnmark prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Nord-Hålogaland.

The wooden church was built in a rectangular style in 1968 by the architect Ernst Nilsen. The church seats about 75 people and serves the rural western part of the municipality.